"When, like an Emir of tyrannic power,Sirius..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.”

“We are all under sentence of death, but with a sort of indefinite reprieve.”

“He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.”

“Let the fear go, and live your life with the power of love.”

“Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.”

“It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.”

“Women stand related to beautiful nature around us, and the enamoured youth mixes their form with moon and stars, with woods and waters, and the pomp of summer. They heal us of awkwardness by their words and looks. We observe their intellectual influence on the most serious student. They refine and clear his mind: teach him to put a pleasing method into what is dry and difficult.”

“Joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass: in the blue serenity of the sky: in the reckless exuberance of spring: in the severe abstinence of grey winter: in the living flesh that animates our bodily frame: in the perfect poise of the human figure, noble and upright: in living, in the exercise of all our powers: in the acquisition of knowledge. . . Joy is there everywhere.”

“Be alert as you watch a dog at play or at rest. Let the animal teach you to feel at home in the now, to celebrate life by being completely present. You just watch the tail ... with some dogs you just look at them - just a little look is enough - and their tail goes ...'Life is good! Life is good!' And they are not telling themselves a story of why life is good. It's a direct realization.”